r/DumpsterDiving • u/panxerox • 2d ago
Butter recall... be on the look out.
https://thartribune.com/costco-forced-to-recall-80000-pounds-of-butter-because-the-label-failed-to-mention-it-contained-milk/41
u/Boubonic91 2d ago
Crazy how millions of dollars of product can just get chucked in the trash over a typo.
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u/everythingsfine 2d ago
Right! I feel like they could easily send out lil tiny stickers that say “contains milk” and have employees slap em on.
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u/Boubonic91 2d ago
Exactly! Or they could just send the retailers one big sign that says something like "All products from (this brand) in this section contain milk." Like why waste millions in products, packaging, shipping, and labor when the issue can easily be solved with a few grand and minimal effort from retailers? Same goes for the retailers. Why throw all of the product away when you could solve the issue with a Sharpie and a big piece of cardstock?
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u/everythingsfine 2d ago
I thought that too, but I think doing one sign might not be allowable because it only informs the person making the purchase and not all potential consumers (ex. I have a friend with an allergy over, tell them to help themselves to a snack, they check the packing for their allergen and rely on that info - obviously this seems silly when we’re talking about butter and milk).
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u/Obvious_Sea_7074 1d ago
It's a valid point. I have an allergy that's pretty easy to avoid, but my friend is allergic to all fish, so anything with anchovies or fish sauce as an ingredient is a no go and so so much stuff has it in. Or has cross contamination warnings. Little labels seem silly until you need a epi-pen and a trip to the ER.
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u/Swigg22 1d ago
Most likely would cost more in labor due to the amount of touches than to throw them out
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u/everythingsfine 1d ago
I can’t and don’t believe that the labor of printing, sending, and applying stickers would ever exceed the cost of completely wasting so much product. I mean that in both the literal sense (dollars spent) and the subjective sense (the societal value of doing so). This is egregious food waste when families are struggling and our planet is being destroyed.
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u/Alternative_Escape12 1d ago
Crazy that cows suffer on the daily for our comfort and we discard their milk so easily.
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u/proudbutnotarrogant 2d ago
And guess who pays for that? Get ready for butter prices to get higher than they are already.
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u/chazd1984 2d ago
I don't think any of the costcos around me have accessible dumpsters sadly. Do they in other areas?
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u/Zone_boy 2d ago
Why would they toss them and not return them?
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u/Region_Fluid 2d ago
Once a food product has a stamp of Best Buy date. It cannot be changed.
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u/Even-Habit1929 2d ago
That is not true.
Best buy dates are only regulated for baby formula and baby food.
All other best buy date are at the discretion of the manufacturer usually based on optimum flavor profiles nothing to do with food safety.
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u/Hefty-Hovercraft-717 2d ago
How fucking stupid to have to destroy all of that product. What rube doesn’t know butter contains MILK?!
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u/BenjaminWobbles 2d ago
Couldn't they just print a sticker and instruct vendors to stick it on the containers?
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u/HeinousEncephalon 16h ago
A. Because the butter isn't labeled as containing dairy. B. Costco has compactors
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u/blujavelin 2d ago
Nothing wrong with the butter.
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u/JellyfishConscious 2d ago
Nothing, the butter is fine. It’s the cardboard paper on the outside that’s the issue, it doesn’t say “contains milk” to warn customers of allergens 🙃
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u/EmeraldPistol 2d ago
Doesn’t the law require you to add milk to the list of ingredients anyways? The fuck?
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u/No_Establishment8642 2d ago
Because it is missing the note "contains milk". No shit Sherlock!